Aerious
Manakete
The Foul Destroyer
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Post by Aerious on Nov 7, 2008 18:09:13 GMT -6
OOC: This is by the port where Alexia, Matis and co are. I'm just moving it to it's own topic to feel important.
IC: As the fire began to die down, due to lack of anything else for it to burn since the pier was ashes. Those with a ear for horses would hear the familiar sound of galloping hooves on cobblestones. Following the sound would be the clang of heavy metal armor on the road, this all could hear.
Immediately the citizens began to scatter. Who knew what the soldiers would do when they got there?
With a still burning pier and soldiers coming from the town, the warriors would find themselves between a rock and a hot place.
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Abin
Pirate
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Post by Abin on Nov 9, 2008 15:10:30 GMT -6
He had followed the group at close distance, his gut feeling was not all that happy with the exploding ship. It just had to much bad feelings about it, and looked like a trap to lure them in.
The pirate looked annoyed when everything pieced together, a quite smart trap was the first thing that he saw. Grumbling he took his axes and checked the battlefield. There where a few places to compose an ambush, but they couldn't do anything to impressive in this short period of time.
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Post by Alexia on Nov 10, 2008 22:08:11 GMT -6
Alexia had been too busy trying to fight fires and save people to notice the incoming soldiers. Otherwise she might have actually ran back to her horse. Probably would've found a way to get her armor on in time. As it was, she did manage to ready her sword, and turn.
"Are we being attacked?" she yelled. Her eyes darted to Matis, the other "leader" of their little group. Her grip tightened on her sword, and she stepped toward the rest of her group. Regardless of what happened, she intended to be by her companions. "It looks like someone wanted to trap us here and that sounds like battle."
She whistled, calling Night Flight over. She fought best mounted, after all.
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Dirk Karavalenge
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Post by Dirk Karavalenge on Nov 10, 2008 23:43:34 GMT -6
"Come Kabold!" Dirk's faithful horse quickly trotted over to him, "Let us find some cover." He quickly mounted his stead and brought Kabold over to some tall barrels far enough away from the pier that they didn't burn. He pulled the string onto his longbow, just in case they were in for a fight. His eyes darted back and forth, scanning for the noisemakers.
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Wein Lowell
Sniper
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Post by Wein Lowell on Nov 10, 2008 23:56:34 GMT -6
Wein saw the soldiers marching in from the distance. "They're just soldiers from Delphia!" Wein yelled to everyone. "I don't think there's much to worry about." He dragged a wounded man off of the pier. That was the last living man he could find. He pulled out a cloth from his pocket and wrapped it around a wound that the man had obtained from flying debris.
Wein looked around and saw everyone armoring up. Still tending to the man, Wein untied his bow.
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Post by Matis on Nov 11, 2008 11:02:44 GMT -6
Matis got a grip of his Steel Lance as he saw the soldiers in the distance.
"Delphia soldiers or not, we don't know what they are here for" Matis said while looking around for possible objects to use during battle. The pier wasn't the best place to fight in, but if they had to, they would hold their position there.
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Post by Katara on Nov 11, 2008 17:19:49 GMT -6
Katara appeared with a group of children following her. "Why are orphanages always the first to catch on fire?" she pondered aloud. She shepherded the children into an inn, where the matron had told her to take them. Waving them goodbye, despite their protests, she ran back to Matis. "Matis, do you know why these fires started?" she asked.
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Post by Richter Abend on Nov 11, 2008 18:55:37 GMT -6
Richter paused as he, Sireace, and Rayl arrived at the port. He was expecting neither the magnitude of the flames, nor the magnitude of the force of soldiers who had arrived when they had. "Well," he said, "this could get messy if we slip up." He looked around for a boat, ignoring everyone else. He pointed towards the most seaworthy boat he could find. It was a small boat that was only spared due to how far it was out in the water. "We'd have to swim to it, but we could man that one," he said to Rayl. "Does that work for you?"
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Aerious
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Post by Aerious on Nov 11, 2008 19:18:59 GMT -6
Almost as if on cue the soldiers arrived.
"Halt!" One of them commanded. Spying the heavily armed group. "Lay down your weapons and surrender by the order of the Royal Knights!"
He was backed up by roughly 20 soldiers, who tensed, expecting a fight.
The only choice now was to brave the waves or the warriors. What a choice...
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Post by Rayl Torien on Nov 11, 2008 23:26:14 GMT -6
"I will not abandon my horse, Richter..." he patted his trusted steed, before looking out to scan the area. Soldiers on one side, and some rag-tag group of people on the other...had they started the fire...? Nah, doubt that would be accurate...that and he officially hated Etrurians, and therefore, looked back to his group," I'll see if I can provide any sort of distraction for you guys."
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Post by Alexia on Nov 12, 2008 16:09:16 GMT -6
Alexia had little desire to lay down her weapons, particularly to a group of undeclared knights. While she knew they used to have Etrurian connections, she wasn't sure how well they'd been maintained. After all, Marzius had died.
"We're aiding the populace!" she yelled back. Now she shoved her sword into a scabbard on the mount, drawing out her hand axe. The moment one of those soldiers looked aggressive, they would see how skilled she'd become.
"Tell us what you wish of us, and why you demand our surrender. Our purposes might be the same," Alexia called. She gripped her axe tightly, praying they wouldn't enter into yet another battle.
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Post by Matis on Nov 12, 2008 17:21:09 GMT -6
"No idea, Katara" he said to the swordmaster. "I have a feeling they don't want us here, for whatever reason"
Matis let Alexia handle the diplomatic side of the team. She was raised in Lycia after all, far more "civilized" than the Sacaen plains.
Matis kept his weapon steady in his hands, in case he needed to use it. He got out of defensive stance, so as not to have the soldiers believe they were actually causing or looking for trouble.
OoC: >_>
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Post by Katara on Nov 12, 2008 19:02:28 GMT -6
Katara thanked Matis and looked over at Alexia. Better to let a woman of the code deal with these men than a tribeswoman with little knowledge of urban diplomacy. She tried her best to look innocent, but her hand never left the hilt of her sword.
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Wein Lowell
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Post by Wein Lowell on Nov 12, 2008 20:29:36 GMT -6
"I don't think they're going to listen to Alexia," Wein said. He looked around, seeing the charred pier. "There is no way for us to prove our innocence, and as a soldier, you always live with the attitude of 'guilty until proven innocent'."
He looked around and spied a small boat off shore. It looked abandoned. "Perhaps we could try our hands at sea?"
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Aerious
Manakete
The Foul Destroyer
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Post by Aerious on Nov 12, 2008 20:36:46 GMT -6
The guard captain looked annoyed with the lack of compliance he was receiving. And a woman was daring to talk to him?
"Enough! Take them! Kill them if you must!" He shouted to his soldiers, which began to charge the heroes.
This was going to get very ugly, very quickly.
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